Nirmala

When people say the first gourmand was Angel , it makes me rolling eyes . This one is so sweet that it would have deserved to be called so too , despite it doesn't have any food notes (well fruits are food, but you see what i mean )because of it's oversweetness . Unlike many i don't believe either that they resemble each other , the main thing about Angel is Cotton Candy , Chocolate and Patchouli ( btw i've noticed that when any scent has quite a strong patchouli note , there's always someone to say "OMG! It's like Angel !!! " even if it's the one and only note they have in common . ) Roll eyes again Nirmala hasn't any of those foody notes ! They're just both very sweet ! Really different . Nirmala has been created in 1955 , but it's so hype in its smell , if it was better advetised it could be a hit ! All the Loverdose , LL Premier parfum , Black XS for her fans .... would love it and BUY it , because it's pretty cheap ( there is also a little 30ml bottle available) I've asked the lady from the perfume store to scent me with it this morning, because i'd always love it on the test paper , today it's quite cold outside, and despite this i believe it's really really sweet . If you're not a gourmand fan , don't buy ! If you are, you'll love it , and yet you won't smell like the other gourmand fans !

Okay...this is a complex one. I have found that the hallmark for French perfumery is they are very complex and need time to settle down or "air out" before their beauty can be judged. Wouldn't it be nice if people would take time to look for the beauty in people over time and not snap decisions? The opening of this lovely perfume is AMAZING! I cannot describe it other than musky...I believe that the cedar note is rearing it's head mixed with passion fruit and all the other citruses it is odd but fear not that smell some people are repulsed by goes away to reveal a sumptuous plate of fruit, ripe and ready to eat. Tonka bean and sandalwood rounds it out while the smell of cedar gently remains throughout.My suggestions: only try it if you can gently and patiently wait for the perfume to manifest itself, spray it on about an hour before you leave your house so that the ENORMOUS sillage settles down and lastly I would say that don't buy this based on your love for another perfume that this one may be like...let Nirmala stand on it's own. She doesn't need help. :) Happy Perfuming! ♥

I just received my first bottle of Nirmala today and I love it!!! It is such a beautiful fragrance. It starts off fruity and dries down to something sweet sexy and confident. No synthetic burn or assault like so many fragrances..... I see that most commentary indicated that the scent is similar to Angel and it really is, but much classier and authentic. I have Angel, Angel Innocent and Star. This is a little more like Angel Innocent with less powder on the finish. Really divine dry down and gorgeous right from the first spray.....OOOHHHHHH I am in perfume heaven again! (Also bought Habanita and it is definitely for night wear and just as fantastic, a little on the daring, edgy and smokey leathery side!!!!) I love love love Molinard!!!!! Please keep these REAL fragrances alive and well!!!

At the start I definitely got the sweaty skin smell, I think it is the combination of the mango with the spicy vanilla notes because I have smelled that 'B.O. type' smell before, wish I could remember exactly which perfume that was so I could compare the notes! Fairly sure the other one I tried didn't end up smelling good on me even at the dry down. However with this little beauty I'm so glad I hung in there and waited because I think that dry down is the part which makes this perfume sexy, heady and delicious. As someone else mentioned, candied patchouli is close to EXACTLY how I would describe the dry down, and luckily the old patch is a good friend of mine :) very glad I got a tester of this for around $20, it was well worth the money in my opinion.

I got Nirmala in a grab-bag of samples and thought it was cloying and strange when first smelled - but I could not leave it alone, had to just check it again, day after day; something about it mesmerised me even though it seemed overwhelmingly sweet and fruity. I used up then sniffed that one little sample container day after day until I finally just ordered a bottle of it. I now absolutely love it, but have to wear it very sparingly - as it is so intense. I find it irresistable but on the edge of being too much! I don't wear it to work. Although it has some shared notes with Angel it is a different experience altogether: it is a very complex and original scent, not at all like anything else. Very worth trying!